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In Paris, protesters gathered Sunday to denounce the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the ongoing Saudi-led war in Yemen. The crown prince and French President Emmanuel Macron met for dinner at Paris’s Louvre museum Sunday night, even as Macron is facing increasing pressure to reduce France’s military support for Saudi Arabia and the ongoing war. This is Sadek Alsaar, the head of the group Salam for Yemen, which organized the protest.

Sadek Alsaar: “Halt the bombardment, halt the embargo, which have caused a lot of deaths, notably 10,000 people, a third of which are civilians. More than 63,000 children have died due to the embargo, separate from those deaths by direct bombardment and combat. We are taking advantage of the visit of the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, to say, ‘Stop the massacre, stop the embargo upon the Yemenis.’”